Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions of English Authors, from Earliest to the Present Time : Connected by a Critical and Biographical HistoryRobert Chambers Gould, Kendall and Lincoln, 1850 - English literature |
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Page 60
... nature changed her course in his beginning , which , in the course of his life , many things unnaturally com- mitted ... nature teaches us to delight , a plea- sure . And thus they cautiously limit pleasure only to those appetites to ...
... nature changed her course in his beginning , which , in the course of his life , many things unnaturally com- mitted ... nature teaches us to delight , a plea- sure . And thus they cautiously limit pleasure only to those appetites to ...
Page 61
... nature of other things , so neither can it change the nature of pleasure . They reckon up several sorts of these pleasures , which they call true ones ; some belong to the body , and others to the mind . The pleasures of the mind lie in ...
... nature of other things , so neither can it change the nature of pleasure . They reckon up several sorts of these pleasures , which they call true ones ; some belong to the body , and others to the mind . The pleasures of the mind lie in ...
Page 62
... nature , who has planted in us appetites , by which those things that are necessary for our preservation are likewise made pleasant to us . For how miserable a thing would life be , if those daily diseases of hunger and thirst were to ...
... nature , who has planted in us appetites , by which those things that are necessary for our preservation are likewise made pleasant to us . For how miserable a thing would life be , if those daily diseases of hunger and thirst were to ...
Page 77
... nature of it is so fine and subtle ; yet this expe- rience of the wind had I once myself , and that was in the great snow which fell four years ago . I rode in the high way betwixt Topcliff upon Swale and Boroughbridge , the way being ...
... nature of it is so fine and subtle ; yet this expe- rience of the wind had I once myself , and that was in the great snow which fell four years ago . I rode in the high way betwixt Topcliff upon Swale and Boroughbridge , the way being ...
Page 99
... nature him had markt of purpose , t ' let us see That from all other birds his tunes should different be : For , with their vocal sounds , they sing to pleasant May ; Upon his dulcet pipe the merle1 doth only play . When in the lower ...
... nature him had markt of purpose , t ' let us see That from all other birds his tunes should different be : For , with their vocal sounds , they sing to pleasant May ; Upon his dulcet pipe the merle1 doth only play . When in the lower ...
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